Reversing a portion of a decision by the New York Workers’ Compensation Board, a state appellate court stressed that the appropriate date of a finding of no labor market attachment...
NY Court Disapproves of Board’s Retroactive Disqualification for Lack of Labor Market Attachment NY Court Disapproves of Board’s Retroactive Disqualification for Lack of Labor Market AttachmentThe Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, affirming a decision by the state’s Commonwealth Court, held that the express terms of Section 306(a.1) of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act [77 P.S. §...
PA Supreme Court Construes Benefits Disqualification During Incarceration Statute PA Supreme Court Construes Benefits Disqualification During Incarceration StatuteIn a case with a bizarre setting—the injured employee mysteriously disappeared in March 2012, after being awarded and receiving workers’ compensation disability benefits for almost three years—the Supreme Judicial Court...
Maine Employer May Suspend Comp Benefits to Employee Who Mysteriously Disappeared Maine Employer May Suspend Comp Benefits to Employee Who Mysteriously Disappeared